It breaks my heart when people tell me that they aren’t creative. Who on earth gave them this ridiculous misconception of themselves? Of course we are not all born world famous painters or internationally renowned inventors, but we all share the same capacity to draw on old ideas and to turn them into something new. For me at least, this is the very essence of creativity. What stops many is the fear of judgement and the feeling that their creative offering might not be of any real merit. Having shared my poetry for over a year now on an almost daily basis, I have started to lose the fear of not being ‘good enough.’ Another day another dollar and all that. When I express myself through words, I give voice to my inner world and the freedom that this offers outweighs any negative feedback that I could potentially receive. Creating poetry brings me such joy that boring old perfectionism goes flying out of the window. What would you create if you have yourself permission to let go of being perfect enough?
Create
Create, create, or you’ll stagnate
Fear not how good your work is
No need to pause and contemplate
For what’s at stake is worthless
Create, create, this human state
Lets childlike fun resurface
Take your invention on a date
And you’ll see what shared mirth is
Create, create, it’s not too late
Don’t wait for one more second
No need for arty farty traits
You’re craftier than you reckon!
Create, create don’t fear mistakes
Just aim for imperfection
What matters is your soul’s awake
Don’t need to pass inspection!
Create, create, just take the bait
And go wherever it leads you
Make new things at a daily rate
You’ll see how much this feeds you!
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Published by Sam Allen Creative Coach
As well as being a poet, highly-sensitive being and self-confessed Crazy Cat Lady, I am a Creative Leadership Coach, Trainer and Team Coach with considerable experience in coaching clients in the Creative, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical sectors.
I specialise in helping individuals and teams to work past limiting beliefs, to think outside-of-the-box and to show up as conscious, inspiring and dynamic leaders. I am passionate about helping leaders to show up authentically and I design and co-lead bespoke Conscious Leadership programmes for FMCG organisations wishing to create opportunities for their employees to shine and truly maximise their potential.
In addition, I co-facilitate Happy Teams workshops, helping remote teams to build trust and connect to their strengths, purpose and vision in playful, creative and experiential ways.
A co-active coach with PCC accreditation from the ICF, I am also Leadership Circle Profile certified and ORSC trained. I graduated from the CTI Inner Leadership programme in February 2020 and know from firsthand experience what it means to do the deep, inner work needed for personal growth. I hold a BA in French and Drama and a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages.
Throughout my coaching career I have empowered individuals to write books, make life-affirming career changes, overcome anxiety and to take giant leaps towards heightened self-realisation, increased authentic leadership presence and spiritual growth. An ex-lawyer and C-suite executive client recently shared that she had “never experienced anything so powerful” and that she is now able to “trust her truth”. One global client team leader reported being “touched, motivated, encouraged and brimming with energy” and another shared that his team was able to “demonstrate their creativity and really get behind their vision”.
My personal and team coaching style is playful, intuitive, somatic and compassionate. My workshop facilitation style is dynamic, inclusive, expressive and authentic and my 20 years experience as an international school educator and team leader have contributed to my ease in leading group facilitation.
My superpower is using my incredible intuition and sensitivity to see into people and challenge them in a powerfully courageous way. A prolific poet and podcaster, I live and breathe my own creativity and in turn inspire others to do the same View all posts by Sam Allen Creative Coach
Peacock Poetry 
Yes absolutely agree with you, well said.
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